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BAGASSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bagasse mean?
• BAGASSE (noun)
The noun BAGASSE has 1 sense:
1. the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
Familiarity information: BAGASSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("bagasse" is a kind of...):
pulp (a mixture of cellulose fibers)
Context examples
Previous attempts at making filters out of materials such as groundnut shell, mango leaf, rice husk and sugarcane bagasse, met with limited success.
(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)
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